August 21, 2009, 6:48PM

Red Wings VP Steve Yzerman sat down for a conversation with NHL.com's Dan Rosen, discussing the intensity level he expects to witness from the 46 players in attendance and the camp's implicit goal: August 21, NHL.com: NHL.com: If you can come out of this camp Thursday night after the Red-White scrimmage saying one thing, what would you like it to... Full story »

July 17, 2009, 10:20AM

NBC Sports' Bob Duff polled, "A group of hockey experts - scouts, coaches, players, general managers, journalists and broadcasters" in an attempt to discern what physical and mental characteristics would produce the "perfect hockey player," and three Red Wings made the experts' cut, taking four of the ten categories listed. July 15, NBC Sports: Hockey Sense: Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red... Full story »

July 02, 2009, 5:32PM

Red Wings VP and coach Mike Babcock assembled a 46-man orienation camp roster which included Detroit forward Dan Cleary but omitted goaltender Chris Osgood. While Yzerman has stated from the start that those who didn't garner invites for the August 24-27 camp have every chance of making the team, he immediately had to discuss the reasons why he included some... Full story »

June 18, 2009, 6:26AM

While the Red Wings' attendees of the NHL Awards show in Las Vegas include a perennial Norris Trophy finalist in Nicklas Lidstrom, a finalist for the Hart, Selke, and Lady Byng Trophies and Lester B. Pearson award in Pavel Datsyuk, and the Masterton Trophy in Chris Chelios, few pundits expect anyone not named Datsyuk to walk away with any hardware... Full story »

June 07, 2009, 8:48AM

TSN's Bob McKenzie believes that the Red Wings showed some serious discipline after Pittsburgh Penguins forward Maxime Talbot slashed Pavel Datsyuk's left foot: June 7, TSN: The last time a Canadian player slashed a Russian player in an attempt to break an ankle was 1972. Everyone thought it was great then, but somehow I think the Red Wings are not... Full story »

May 27, 2009, 5:50PM

The Detroit Free Press's Jamie Samuelssen suggests that the Red Wings should have no problems closing out the Chicago Blackhawks tonight: May 27, Detroit Free Press: Mike Babcock did point out that the Wings lost two Game 5s last season at the Joe when they led their opponents (the Stars and the Penguins) three games to one. So with that... Full story »

May 20, 2009, 7:26PM

The Detroit Red Wings remain maybe the only team not named the Chicago Blackhawks who roll four lines and six defencemen, and NHL.com's John McGourty spoke to several Wings about the fact that coach Mike Babcock's willing to mix, match, arrange, and rearrange, all while ensuring that all twelve forwards on the ice on a regular basis: May 20, NHL.com:... Full story »

May 19, 2009, 6:43PM

The CBC's blogger prefaced his or her afternoon pre Red Wings-Blackhawks Game 2 entry by noting that Red Wings forward Johan Franzen suggested that the Wings have a much more difficult challenge in containing Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane than they did Ryan Getzlaf or Corey Perry: May 19, CBC Sports: "It's probably more physically challenging for me dealing with... Full story »

May 19, 2009, 3:12PM

The NHL's website posted a quartet of articles prefacing tonight's match-up between the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks (7:30 PM, Versus/CBC/WXYT), and John McGourty kicked off the proceedings by speaking to Nicklas Lidstrom about Chicago's speed game (mostly referencing Lidstrom's conference call): May 19, NHL.com: "Facing Anaheim, they had a veteran team that they wouldn't break as a team,"... Full story »

May 18, 2009, 3:04PM

The Detroit Free Press's Jamie Samuelssen offered his take on the Detroit Red Wings' 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday: May 18, Detroit Free Press: The Blackhawks don't really plan on skating with the Red Wings do they? They had a week off between the end of the Vancouver series and the start of this one and the... Full story »

May 18, 2009, 10:03AM

I prefer to move the focus inward during my recap/roundups, so after noting the out-of-town and Chicago takes on the Detroit Red Wings' 5-2 victory of the Chicago Blackhawks, we head back to greater Hockeytown to get the Wings' take on their win. We start, however, with the Detroit News's Ted Kulfan, who notes that the Wings held Jonathan Toews... Full story »

May 18, 2009, 7:36AM

The outside-of-Detroit/Chicago media weighed in on the Detroit Red Wings' 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, and the Hockey News's Jason Kay leads off the roundup thereof with several superlatives: May 17, The Hockey News: Move over Sid vs. Ovie, we may just have a new best playoff series of 2009. The anticipation for the Detroit-Chicago Western Conference final was... Full story »

May 17, 2009, 9:32PM

While the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in the first game of the Western Conference finals by a 5-2 tally on Sunday, the Wings didn't dominate the game until Mikael Samuelsson scored at the 7:31 mark of the third period. After that, most certainly, the Wings handed the Hawks their lunch, but it took until about the halfway... Full story »

May 17, 2009, 11:15AM

The Detroit Free Press's Mitch Albom posted a gushy column about Red Wings forward Dan Cleary, and he actually gets down to brass tacks after a while: May 17, Detroit Free Press: [H]ere's the thing about Cleary; he's not just about geography anymore. After 11 playoff games in the first two rounds, he leads the Wings with a plus-10 rating,... Full story »

May 17, 2009, 7:42AM

In the Detroit Red Wings' conference final series against the Chicago Blackhawks, TSN's Bob McKenzie argues that the Red Wings face an extremely difficult challenge in bottling up a deep, speedy Chicago team: May 16, TSN: The one-dimensional attack of Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and the Anaheim Ducks is behind the Wings. The one-dimensional attack of Rick Nash and the... Full story »

May 16, 2009, 3:52PM

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock, defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom, forward Johan Franzen, goaltender Chris Osgood, and forward Johan Franzen spoke to the media after practice on Saturday, and here's the transcript thereof: May 16, NHLMedia.com: Q. Considering you've only had one practice to get ready for tomorrow, are you guys ready? I notice you practiced probably an hour, I haven't seen... Full story »